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That dude that wants to watch a movie when the kid and his dad are selling candy door-to-door freaks me out. It’s like hey come on in, I’m a weirdo creepy child molester. Let’s watch a movie right now.

The assumption that people are making about the people in this commercial (that makes it seem creepy to them) reflects more upon themselves, I think. It didn’t take me more than a few seconds to realize that he must be her father.

Oh thank goodness. Thank you for putting those State Farm commercials as worst ad in America. I thought it may just be me. Every single actor or actress in these commercials make me want to change the channel. That is a heck one heck of an achievement as a lot of their characters have one line and march off screen.

It’s honestly terrible that I conciously made a note that I should never purchase from them because of a series of commercials. Petty? Absolutely… But I just hate those commercials so much…

I hate the State Farm commercials, mainly because the agents are so rude in them! I think the agent interrupts and talks over the [customer?] in every single one. I think interrupting people is terribly rude, and to actually want to portray your agents like that…I just don’t get it. Is it to show that they are so enthusiastic about their jobs that they can’t contain themselves? I don’t know.

The only All State commercials that I like are the ones with the guy from Oz. He cracks my shit up! Especially the one where he claims to be a 15-year old girl and nails an SVU on his way through the parking lot. Priceless.

The rest though, especially the one with the guy bringing his lunch to a restaurant, the spokesman talking over the agent, etc. can take a bullet and RIP.

Flo is a love/hate thing. I am one of those who love her, but I’ve met plenty who don’t. Personally I think she’s adorable, and bottom line – those commercials are very effective. They get the Progressive name out there and make an impression.

Count me amongst the ‘hate’ side of things. The ads are meant to be funny but are just too forced and uninspired to have the intended effect. The lady playing the character isn’t that bad. She seems to have chops in comedic acting, and she’s not hard on the eyes, either. Kind of like an uncreepified Maggie Gyllenhall. But the writing… geez. It’s as lazy and uninspired as anything starring Adam Sandler, although perhaps with slighter firmer understanding of the concept of a punchline (which I attribute much more to the actress’s abilities than the writer’s). The ads aren’t necessarily the worst on TV but they’re bad enough to induce channel hopping for me.

The only one I truly hate is the you don’t get discounts for agreeing with me commercial. It makes me seriously want to punch her in the face. He gets excited following her lead and she’s like yeh you don’t get a discount for doing this and he says he got excited and she replies me too. And I’m like then why did you make that dumbass retarded comment about not getting excited you claptrap retarded bitchbag. I really that those commercials that much.

Wrong. Plumber paraded the Paplion up and down the block to do it’s “business”. The flooring guy took twice as long because he was looking at pay-per-view movies. Also, the painters had the guy step in red paint and then leave, and the dentist did oral surgery in his kitchen b/c his office was closed.

It was a tough choice between Quiznos and Staples in the first category, but in the end, the strange WTF of the Quiznos commercial can’t quite compare to the dive I have to take for the mute button when I see the staples jackass the screen.

I stopped using Staples.com because for a period of time whenever you went on the site, after about 10 seconds the guy would pop up on the screen and scream that line. So fucking unprofessional Staples, I was trying to get supplies for work and it startled everyone around me, including myself.

How does anyone legitimize using autoplay ads with audio, and no way to stop it? I cannot possible fathom how anyone reacts positively to those things. If they weren’t the only office supplier outside of Wal-Mart on my side of town, I wouldn’t use them. I hate to say it but the fact that the Wal-mart isn’t a SUPER version bothers me too because their selection is significantly weaker, not even counting the lack of a legit grocery section.

Agreed. Most of the entries on the list make me utter a sigh like the little green guy in Futurama when his captain make ridiculous statements. The Staples ad, though, makes me want to turn green and start smashing stuff.

I actually feel just the opposite – whenever I see that stupid Quizno’s commercial, I either change the channel, or quickly jab that MUTE button while I look for the FF one (if it’s something I recorded). There is absolutely no worse commercial ANYWHERE on TV in my opinion. (In fact, some of the ones on that list, I like.) :)

I have to agree, there are some of the commercials on the list that are my favorites. The squealing pig is great, and except for the one where the guy gets upset because his friend got a similar van, the toyota couple is funny because it reminds me of people I know.

People hate the iphone commercial where the guy is talking to his daughter and wants to see her smile? What’s wrong with you people? I grew up in a pretty jacked up family and even I thought it was cute that the dad was trying to cheer his daughter up.

Things that make the entire campaign creepy to me are the bad writing (and acting) that render the spots saccharine and unrealistic combined with the voyeuristic discomfort of overhearing (and overseeing) very personal conversations.

OK, the conversations are not happening on the street or the bus or in the grocery store. But I’m “there” by virtue of the fourth wall and it only serves to remind me how annoying it is to overhear very personal things in real life.

I don’t think they got to the part about him being her dad soon enough. If it they had said it right off the bad, I don’t think people would be so creepied out. Why on earth would they wait until the very last minute to mention it was her dad? Intrigue?

I loathe them because of the overwhelming (and somewhat sexist) paternal theme. They all basically feature “man goes on bidness trip” as the 1st person character. Apple really can’t imagine any other scenario in which to use a 2 way camera phone?

I know initially at least, Geico had different commercial concepts for different things they are trying to promote– the website, car insurance, home insurance, etc. I don’t recall which ones marketed to what, but it always annoyed me. They need one single, great concept and then expand from it. It seems they didn’t have one good one, so they just went with several “okay” ones.

Certain flavors of creepy are just plain funny too me, Mr. Mayhem for example … “I’m a hot girl out jogging”. I also don’t get all the Flo hate, I think she’s kind of cute. Maybe there is a correlation in there somewhere.

I clicked on the McDonald’s link just to confirm it was the commercial I was thinking of, and the “Featured Video” displayed prominently to the right at the top of the list was a video entitled “Why God Hates Fags.”

Ceteris paribus, (all other things being equal or held constant, specifically peoples feelings on homosexuallity), what the hell YouTube? Can you really not control your automation to avoid put hate speech up as a “featured video”? How often does the word “fag” in the title of something lead to anything other that someone attacking homosexuals? I don’t need that type of shit put up in a highlighted box to draw my attention.

Also, really hate any commercial that shows how a car can help you avoid hitting animals. Look, I’m not happy about it either, but anything the size of a cat or smaller, do not slam on the breaks or swerve. Apologies to PETA, but hitting a squirrel or rabbit is a much more desired result than taking a split section action that can easily result in an accident through the loss of control of the vehicle. I want to say I’ve seen the DMV and any other organizations that are involved with automobile safety clearly state that evasive maneuvers at high speeds are unbelievably dangerous.

Also, really hate any commercial that shows how a car can help you avoid hitting animals. Look, I’m not happy about hitting animals, but anything the size of a cat or smaller, do not slam on the breaks or swerve. Apologies to PETA, but hitting a squirrel or rabbit is a much more desired result than taking a split section action that can easily result in an accident through the loss of control of the vehicle.

I want to say I’ve seen the DMV and any other organizations that are involved with automobile safety clearly state that evasive maneuvers at high speeds are unbelievably dangerous.

That State Farm guy is an annoying douche. Every time I see those commercials I feel myself hoping something bad happens to him.

Seeing bears with toilet paper stuck to their butts is ALWAYS disturbing. Believe me it is much worse if you have actually seen bear poop in real life, you smell it once and all you need is a visual reminder to bring the stench back.

All those Apple commercials are creepy. I feel like I am watching a conversation I shouldn’t be watching. Maybe if they added some music in the background or something.

And that Toyota couple makes me want to use more birth control. Minivans are not sexy, no matter how you try and market them.

We have this local commercial here in Los angeles, it is one of those “anti snoring” mouthpieces everyone seems to be selling. It starts off with a person snorting and snoring loudly. whenever I hear that I have to turn off the radio it is so annoying.

Because you don’t know it is a dad until the very end, up until then you think: Is it a boyfriend? Wait is he a pedo? I can totally envision a pedo watching that commercial and thinking “hey I can use that phone the same way I use chat roulette to talk to kids.”

Or to quote preyfar who commented on the subject earlier: “Oh god, that Apple commercial just seems like an advertisement targeted at pedophiles.”

What about that god awful NBC show “The Event” This show was a complete marketing cluster fail….

A translucent sphincter opened up and swallowed a plane amongst ten separate yet some how tied together subplots? With a jumping timeline story that would have a schizophrenic dizzy! Back this up with a media blitz that was a wonder to behold how to burn through money as fast as humanly possible.

That’s what I was thinking. In some of these commercials, the whole POINT is that the character is annoying. That’s why I ruled out the Staples commercial–it’s annoying on purpose, which isn’t nearly as horrible as being unintentionally annoying.

They were all mostly easy to vote for, especially the grating human. That McDonalds coffee guy needs to be pushed into traffic. If you need your coffee so bad, go buy a coffee pot you idiot.

The only one I had trouble with was grating duo/group. I HATE the Sienna couple now, but they started out ok. Went with Chase couple. Come on, seriously. You’re on your honeymoon. Months of stress and frustration in planning the wedding, and you’re going to sit and take pictures of checks? No. Just no.

People who think that the Apple commercial is creepy need to get their perverted little heads examined. If the first thought you have when seeing an older man talk to a child is “pedophile” and not “father” you’re sick.

O.K.
First off..
I like the J.G. Wentworth opera viking commercials and even find myself singing to them.
I like the Capital One Vikings guys. Amusing and unique.
When it comes to Progressive, I like Flo, shes cute, and reminds me of Abby from NCIS.
And I enjoy the guy, “Does Charlie Daniels play a mean fiddle ?”
(plus all the other ones with him)
Mr. Mayhem is cool, and the ads are so true and active.
” Roni Deutch ” ads are weird, but shes not that bad to look at (she could be worse).
I’m not a FORD fan, but MIKE ROWE is cool, so I’ll tolerate his commercials.
The “Charmin bears” are kinda cuddly, …unlike the nappy “SUNGGLES” bear. !

And then there are…..
The Geico ‘CAVEMEN”., They are washed up, and should be retired.
Ben Stein is uhhh well…. Ben Stein ! You either like him or hate him !
The ‘ Old Navy ” manikins are a bunch of dummys ! ( pun intended )
Can’t stand the piggy going “Weeeeeeeeee” all the way home. (MUTE button)
Another MUTE button candidate is the Quiznos commercial ‘singing kittens’.
That McDonalds coffee guy needs a pot of hot coffee dumped on his arrogant head.
The ” Marcus, PSP” commercials are horrible, obnoxious and annoying.
The AXE ball washer ad is just wrong, and shouldn’t be on t.v. where children can see it.
but the number one BAD, and CREEPY, and down right most STUPID commercials are…..
DRUM ROLL PLEASE…..
BURGER KING COMMERCIALS…
Which Ones ? ALL OF THEM !
ANYONE with the KING in it !
The first one where the KING surprises the guy in his bedroom,
Or is standing outside the window, when the shade is pulled up,
The KING being chased by guys in the white coats,
or the KING breaking into Mikey D’s main office !
And now especially, those,
” I was smart buying breakfast, so now I can be stupid “” !
The guy up on the roof in the lightening storm,
the guy in the tire rolling down the hill. etc..

But don’t worry..
I’m sure there will be more and more and more and………

The staple’s ad makes me mute or change the channel, so that’s the worst from the advertiser’s point of view. I love the geico pig, although the human intro grates, also like the ” Honest Abe” and R. Lee Ermey’s sympathetic psychiatrist. “You jackwagon!”

Not living in the US, I hadn’t seen any of these until viewing the links. As such, I don’t get the “on-every-five-minutes-makes-me-want-to-tear-my-eyes-out” effect that may have put some of the blander ones on this list.

Absolute worst: State Farm, Mr. Opportunity and Flo were just bland. Staples was loud and obnoxious, while Quiznos was gratingly horrible and just cheap-looking. My vote: Quiznos.

Annoying person: 5-hour Energy and Nationwide were kind of bland and boring, but not that bad. 1-800 Dentist was dumb and mildly annoying. Pico de Gallo guy is obnoxious, but Coffee guy is a dick. My Vote: McDonalds.

Animated Spokesperson: The General wasn’t bad at all, the scientists were bland and badly animated. The piggy was intentionally annoying (the guy at the beginning was worse, IMO). Happy roadkill was kind of cute. The Charmin bears, however, turned my stomach. My vote: Charmin.

Celebrity: I’d forgotten who that Jimmy Johnson was until I read the Youtube comments. My vote: Ben Stein, partly because it’s a scam service, but mainly because I just can’t stand the man.

Creepiest: Mr. Mayhem was funny and clever. Kittens was weird enough that I give Dodge points for being original. Modelquins wasn’t creepy at all (it would have been if they were animated). The catheter ad was kind of creepy, but mainly just smacked of trying to stir up false outrage with a bunch of half-truths. ‘Smile’ should have been re-titled, ‘Grooming’. My vote: Apple.

gc3160thtuk says you got your humor in my sarcasm and you say you got your sarcasm in my humorsays:

I hate that Flo commercial where she says you don’t get a discount for agreeing with me and I wanna just punch her in the face. Oh and the McDonald’s not before I have my coffee guy is an asshole who I want to punch in the face as well. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Thank God for TiVo… I’d seen barely any of these terrible ads. Thanks for nothin’, Consumerist!

And for the record, I think that the Michelin ad with the ‘cute roadkill’ is totally miscategorized: it is easily creepier than any of the ads nominated in that category, including the manequins, and I HATE those.

The irrational and naive Travelers Insurance ads drive me nuts, even though they’re visually appealing. In one, a rattlesnake shakes its tail as a warning to CG bunnies, but once the long-ears see that the snake has a baby rattle attached to its tail, not the typical rattler’s noisemaker, they fall over laughing, and the snake slinks off, humiliated. In real life, that snake would then pounce and fang the bunnies to death. The rattle is meant to protect prey, not empower the predator–it makes a noise that warns vulnerable creatures that a deadly serpent is near, so they should scram. The baby rattle the snake has in the ad, however cutesy, still performs that function. So the ad’s premise– that getting the wrong replacement part is bad news–makes no sense.

The second irrational and naive Travelers Insurance ad that drives me nuts shows a baboon frisking with a cheetah, a zebra drinking at a watering hole next to a lion; meerkats riding on crocodiles, and so on, while a peaceful reggaeish song plays. The idea is that you’ll enjoy traveling more if you ‘take the scary out of life,’ whatever that means. I’m all for adventurous foreign travel, even in a fearful age; but in real life, that cheetah would attack the zebra, and the meerkats would be devoured by their crocodile transport in seconds–crunched to bits, and gulped down like popcorn. I fear for any traveler who embraces visible threats as foolishly as the animals in this ad do.